Definition
a primitive root; to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
Traditional renderings: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.
Traditional renderings: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סָבָא:
- μέθυσοςmethusos“drunkard”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Deuteronomy 21:20וְסֹבֵֽא׃ · and a drunkard…and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
- Proverbs 23:20בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ · those who drink too muchDo not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- Proverbs 23:21סֹבֵ֣א · the drunkardFor the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Isaiah 56:12וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה · let us imbibe“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
- Ezekiel 23:42סוֹבָאִים · Drunkards…accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
- Nahum 1:10סְבוּאִ֑ים · of a drunkardFor they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.